[toomuchtodo]

Most of the grid will be hydro, solar, wind, and utility scale battery storage before Terrestrial Enegry has their first reactor operational.

[korantu]

What are your thoughts on mofular factory-produced reactors like NuScale [1] ? They use proven tecnology, and walkaway safe.

[1] https://www.nuscalepower.com

[toomuchtodo]

I think they’re an excellent solution where renewables aren’t feasible (the arctic circle, for example).

[DennisP]

I don't think we'll make that much progress by 2025, though I'd love to be wrong about that.

[toomuchtodo]

Countries are meeting their renewables targets years ahead of schedule, and the cost of wind, solar, and batteries will continue to decline. I don’t see any way we’re still using fossil fuels for electricity by 2030. It’s not optimism, just curve fitting.

[hueving]

Except batteries aren't even close to where they need to be in costs to cover windless nights.

[toomuchtodo]

They will be in the next 5 years.

[DennisP]

Maybe. And maybe Terrestrial Energy really will deliver a molten salt reactor delivering nuclear at 3 cents/kWh in 2025.

Renewables advocates have a bad habit of comparing the renewables of the future to the nuclear of the past.

[toomuchtodo]

Nuclear advocates have a bad habit of never delivering on time and/or without massive cost overruns. Renewables (solar and wind) are already below 2 cents/kwh at utility scale. They, theoretically, should be considerably cheaper in 5 years (and so, nuclear must target 1 cent/kwh to be profitable).